U.S. media quoted data from the COVID-19 tracking project to report that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached 98,691 on December 1, a new high.
At present, the epidemic situation in many states in the United States continues to worsen, and the number of children infected is also rising.
U.S. media pointed out that this number has increased by more than 60% compared with the peak in spring and summer.
At present, the epidemic situation in many states in the United States is still worsening. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, Florida has more than 1 million confirmed cases, becoming the third state in the United States to have more than 1 million confirmed cases after Texas and California. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Texas and California now exceeds 1.2 million.
The number of confirmed cases of children in the United States has exceeded 1.33 million.
In addition, a new report jointly released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children’s Hospitals shows that as of November 26, there were more than 1.33 million confirmed cases of children in the United States, with about 1,77 infections per 100,000 children.
In the week of November 19-26, more than 150,000 new confirmed cases of children in the United States were the largest increase in confirmed cases of children since the outbreak of the epidemic.